Fascinating titles, Gerry. I had to look up Mercurochrome on Amazon, and its description goes perfectly with the title: "Wanda Coleman's poetry stings, stains, and ultimately helps heal wounds like the old-fashioned Mercurochrome of her title."

Ill bet you can guess my latest purchase...Marie Manilla's novel, Sharpnel was the last print book I bought. The lasted ok was The Buddha in the Attic. I heard the author read from it at the Decatur Book Festival. Written in the first person PLURAL, it was fascinating. Can't wait to read them both.

Oh, how many books I wish I could purchase. At any rate, the last few books I've had time and money to purchase were The Crackpot Palace by Jeffrey Ford, Deathless by Catherynne Valente. The last ebook I purchased was Doctor Zhivago because I coach Academic Decathlon, so it's this year's novel. In fact all of the ebooks I've purchased in the last 2 years were for Decathlon.

Most of my reading gets done from the local library and during reading period at school or school breaks.